Focus: Broadcasting

Intelsat has launched new services in Brazil, one of Latin America’s biggest markets, as it targets more revenues from this market. It announced Sept. 27 that new services in Brazil combine local support, new teleport facilities, and broader satellite coverage to deliver connectivity services to more users across the region. Intelsat will be using its...

Intelsat is getting into the IP video space, debuting a new content distribution system that transports video via the internet. The system, IntelsatOne IP, is designed as a global network powered by a software platform. The company said it gives media customers a global solution with full network visibility and multi-destination routing across the company’s hybrid...

Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G satellites have now entered into full commercial service, the operator announced Sept. 13. Located at Eutelsat’s 13 degrees East flagship video neighborhood, the satellites are reinforcing and enhancing the broadcast quality of around nine hundred television channels into more than 160 million homes across Europe, Northern Africa and the...

SES has announced a new multi-year capacity deal with UKTV. The deal was announced Sept. 12. The two companies have extended their capacity agreement at SES’s key TV neighborhood at 28.2 degrees East through the end of the decade. In addition to the renewed transponder for UKTV’s bouquet of channels, the agreement will see SES...

Both Intelsat and SES report they have completed activities to clear C-band spectrum, paving the way for the two companies to receive billions of dollars in payments.  This closes out the operators’ work to clear a portion of the C-band after the FCC reallocated the C-band for wireless use in 2020. Overall, satellite operators received...

Eutelsat Communications has signed a number of new contracts in Brazil, one of the biggest markets in Latin America. AVS, a Brazilian service provider and integrator in the public and private sectors, has signed multiple contracts for capacity on Eutelsat’s 65 West A satellite. Eutelsat announced the deal, Aug. 7. This partnership will allow AVS...

SES is extending its partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) that will see AFP provide better real-time access to live news and events from around the world on its AFPTV Live platform. The two companies announced the extended partnership, Aug. 1. AFPTV Live, based on SES 360, offers a platform that enables users to access AFP’s live video...

Eutelsat Communications is optimistic for a return to top line growth in the coming fiscal year, despite drop in Video revenues. The company reported 1.13 billion euros ($1.25 billion) in revenue in its 2022-23 fiscal year on July 28, down 1.8% compared to the prior year.  Revenue in the Video segment fell 8% during the...

SES’s recently-launched C-band satellite SES-18 is now providing service, the operator announced Tuesday. The satellite replaced SES-3 at the 103 degrees West orbital position.  SES-18 was launched alongside SES-19 in a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission in March. The operator also announced that SES-19 has reached its orbital slot at 135 degrees West, where it is...

AsiaSat has made a significant acquisition in the media arena. It has fully acquired Lightning International Limited, a content distribution and media solutions company based in the U.K. and Hong Kong. The addition of Lightning into the AsiaSat family is a strategic move and aims to expand the company’s services and extend its clients’ reach...